SRSG Pramila Patten Urges World Not to Forget Survivors of Da’esh’s Brutal Sexual Violence
Eleven Years Since Sinjar Attacks: UN Special Representative Pramila Patten, Chair of UN Action, urges world not to forget survivors of Da’esh’s brutal sexual violence (August 2025).
59th Session of the Human Rights Council | SRSG Patten Remarks
Chair of UN Action, SRSG Patten’s statement to the 59th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva for the annual full-day discussion on the human rights of women: Gender-based violence against women and girls in conflict, post-conflict and humanitarian settings (June 2025).
International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict Statements – 2025
Statements from the commemorative event for the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict 2025. Kindly note that not all statements are yet available.
UN Special Representative Patten urges for immediate action as sexual violence surges amid gang violence in Haiti
The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict (SRSG-SVC), Ms. Pramila Patten, expresses grave concerns over the escalating levels of sexual violence being inflicted upon women and girls amid the worsening gang violence in Haiti.
CRSV-MPTF Consolidated Annual Report 2024
This Fifth Consolidated Annual Narrative and Financial Progress Report (the Report) for the Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Multi-Partner Trust Fund (CRSV-MPTF or the Fund) has been prepared by the United Nations (UN) Action Secretariat, the United Nations Team of Experts on the Rule of Law and Sexual Violence in Conflict (Team of Experts or TOE), and…
DRC: UN Officials Raise Alarm at the Dramatic Impact of Prolonged Conflict on Women and Children, Including Increased Risk of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence on Displaced People
Press Release: After two years of deadly conflict, the Government of the Sudan renews its commitment to prevent and address conflict-related sexual violence
Press Release- UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Pramila Patten, condemns the renewed offensive by the M23 with the support of the Rwandan Defence Force and expresses grave concern about the heightened risk and emerging reports of conflict-related sexual violence in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
New York, 3 February 2025: The Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Pramila Patten, expresses grave concerns over the attacks in Goma, North Kivu and South Kivu, by the Mouvement du 23 Mars (M23) with the support of the Rwandan Defence Force (RDF), which intensified on 23 January 2025. This…
Press Release- UN Special Representative Patten condemns the continued use of sexual violence against civilians as a tactic of war and political repression in Myanmar and calls for renewed attention and urgent action from the international community to address the plight of survivors of sexual violence and meet their unique needs
New York, 3 February 2025: Four years since the military seized power from the democratically elected Government in Myanmar and plunged the country into chaos, the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Pramila Patten, strongly condemns the continued use of rape and other forms of sexual violence as…
UN Action Project South Sudan
This project aimed to build the socio-economic resilience of survivors of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) in Yambio, Juba and Bentiu, South Sudan. Using a survivor-centred approach, it succeeded in ensuring access to essential medical, psychosocial and legal services through multi-sectoral collaboration and holistic support, and building wartime sexual violence survivor’s resilience and reintegration through economic…